Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers/$NGVC
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About Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers
Natural Grocers by Vitamin Cottage Inc operates natural and organic grocery and dietary supplement stores. It offers the following product categories: natural and organic food, dietary supplements, natural body care, household, pet care products, books, and handouts. The Company has a single reporting segment, natural and organic retail stores, through which business is conducted. The company generates the majority of its revenue from grocery products and dietary supplements, and the rest from other products.
- Ticker
- $NGVC
- Sector
- Consumer Essentials
- Primary listing
- NYSE
- Employees
- 3,853
- Headquarters
- Lakewood, United States
- Website
- www.naturalgrocers.com
NGVC Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$661M
14.00
$2.05
1.27
$0.60
2.09%
Price and volume
Market cap
$661M
Beta
1.27
52-week high
$35.93
52-week low
$23.47
Average daily volume
112K
Dividend rate
$0.60
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.1
Quick ratio
0.177
Long term debt to equity
1.172
Total debt to equity
1.348
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
27.54%
Interest coverage (TTM)
22.66%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
95.663
Gross margin (TTM)
33.47%
Net profit margin (TTM)
3.55%
Operating margin (TTM)
4.56%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
21.31%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$350,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
5.69%
Return on equity (TTM)
21.56%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
13.995
Price to revenue (TTM)
0.491
Price to book
2.76
Price to tangible book (TTM)
2.96
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
29.684
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
3.37%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
0.967
Dividend yield (TTM)
2.09%
Forward dividend yield
2.09%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
2.01%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
9.04%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
6.27%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
6.94%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
33.61%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
13.65%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
12.53%
What the Analysts think about NGVC
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Vitamin Cottage Natural Grocers stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Daily average comparable-store sales accelerated to 1.2% in the third quarter from 0.5% in the second, showing sales momentum improved despite a difficult consumer backdrop. (Natural Grocers)
Store expansion is gathering pace: NGVC opened six stores in the first nine months of fiscal 2026, including its first Wisconsin location, and still targets annual unit growth of 4% to 5%. (Grocery Dive)
Customer engagement indicators are strengthening: rewards sales penetration rose two percentage points to 84%, while the Natural Grocers brand gained 1.1 percentage points of sales share to 9.7%. (The Motley Fool)
Comparable sales growth relied on customers spending more per visit rather than more visits: average transaction size rose 3.1%, but transaction count fell 1.8%. Continued traffic declines could weaken sales if basket growth slows. (Natural Grocers)
Profitability weakened as gross margin fell 60 basis points to 29.3%, with higher shrink, freight costs and an unfavourable sales mix weighing on results; third-quarter net income also declined year on year. (Natural Grocers)
Management trimmed the upper end of its fiscal 2026 comparable-sales and EPS forecasts, and reduced its store-opening outlook to six or seven from six to eight. Rising pre-opening costs also show that faster expansion is weighing on near-term earnings. (Natural Grocers)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 22 Oct 2026.
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Funds containing NGVC
Fund name | Fund size | $NGVC weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap ESG Enhanced CTB€SXRG | $3.2B | 0.02% |
iShares MSCI USA Small Cap CTB Enhanced ESG£CUS1 | $3.2B | 0.02% |
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap£R2SC | $5.3B | 0.02% |
SPDR Russell 2000 US Small Cap€R2US | $5.3B | 0.02% |
SPDR MSCI USA Small Cap Value Weighted$USSC | $1.1B | 0.01% |
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